If you were working with a J-flex belt this is also very similar to what you get when a get a booger build up on the face of the platen that transfers...

It could very well be a prop, but something else I am paying attention to more in these old pictures from this period is whether the subject is posing...

Yes, the ricasso appeared on swords and other combat blades, when fighting styles started bringing the fingers in front of the guard for more precise ...

[quote name='Kevin R. Cashen' date='03 August 2017 - 08:26 AM' timestamp='1501766780' post='20933'] ...The most common method of manufacture of anci...

I have encountered two actual quench oils that were created with a vegetable oil base rather than a mineral oil. Houghton international offers an oil...

Oh yes, good one Matt! All you have to do is say the miserable words, no explanation needed. I think that would be in my top five that make my t...

As a judge here are my 2 cents. As I see it, we have several millennia of blade evolution to learn from and the idea is to move forward, not back, if...

Of the three, 1075.

As it turns out I actually had a couple of Power Point presentations on sword/blade myths that I had done talks with and forgot about. Here are just a...

Gosh, where do I begin?? I have spent a lifetime debunking these things and the list is so big I can't even process it anymore. It is like a hydra, ...

Once again, I guess I am too independent minded to use any sites like this for forum posting and the like, anything you put on somebody else’s site ...

I don't know about knifemakers specifically, but I feel there is a distinct difference between Facebook and a dedicated website that make them less th...

[quote name='Brandon Austin' date='01 June 2017 - 10:46 AM' timestamp='1496331974' post='20504'] What would be a slower oil. I used to use canola oi...

My suggestion would be to go with 1084 or 1075, they are already in the same family as 1095 so the shift will not be as dramatic for you and the carbo...